Diplomacy

North Korea has taken the unprecedented step of writing to the Australian Parliament in a blistering letter that demonises US President Donald Trump and which offers Australia "assurances of its highe...

Former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry said he's skeptical about the chances of obtaining a diplomatic solution with North Korea after its successful launch of an intercontinental ballistic mi...

In their campaign program for the German election, Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have dropped the term "friend" in describing the relationship with the United States. Four years ago, the jo...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday hurled the United States into a complex and escalating dispute between the state of Qatar and several of its Middle Eastern neighbors. Trump tweeted his support for t...

WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump escalated a spiraling Middle East crisis on Tuesday morning in tweets attacking Qatar, which hosts 10,000 American troops at the largest U.S. military base in the r...

CANBERRA -- Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has welcomed newly and finally announced Australian ambassador to the United States, Joe Hockey, as the “new face” of Australia. The former Treasurer in the...

The presidents of Taiwan and China will meet in Singapore on Saturday to discuss cross-strait issues, Taiwan's presidential office said, in the first such meeting of leaders from the two sides since t...

President Pranab Mukherjee's intention was merely to touch upon the cultural common ground between India and Israel when he spoke about how much India loved hummus, the popular middle-eastern dip that...

Clearly, the facts on the ground -- or "on the ice" -- in Australia's territory are that Chinese flags are flying over more and more of it, and the Chinese are getting a better picture of where the territory's natural resources are located.